コウカンチョウ, Red-crested cardinal, Paroaria coronata
- 和名: コウカンチョウ, English: Red-crested cardinal, Espanol: Cardenilla crestada, Binomial name: Paroaria coronata (Miller, 1776)
- スズメ目 > フウキンチョウ科 > コウカンチョウ属 > コウカンチョウ
- Order: Passeriformes > Family: Thraupidae > Genus: Paroaria > Species: P. Coronata
- Wikipedia: The red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata) is a songbird with a prominent red head and crest. Some disagreement exists as to whether this species belongs in the family of the tanagers (Thraupidae) or the buntings (Emberizidae, known in North America as sparrows). It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.
目前でいろんなポーズを見せたコウカンチョウ, A Cardinal which showed various poses nearby
2016年1月2日、ニュワス公園とGuazu Metropolitano Parkの両方を散歩した。プリンシパル湖に通じる遊歩道を歩いていると、
路傍の小枝を動き回るコウカンチョウに気付いた。
On January 2, 2016, I strolled in Nu Guazu Park and adjacent Guazu Metropolitano Park. When I was walking the promenade abreast of
Principal Lake I noticed a Red-crested cardinal moving about the twig of a roadside tree.
(Parque Guazu Metropolitano in Luque, Paraguay, 08:27, Jan. 2, 2016, D810)
コウカンチョウはパラグアイやその周辺国で見られる南米の固有種であり、パラグアイではポピュラーな鳥だ。
腹部は白いが頭部と冠羽が赤い羽毛の配色が大変目立つ。街の中でもこの子鳥を見かけるが意外と神経質で近寄ると飛び去ってしまうことが多かった。
Red-crested cardinal is a South American endemic species to be seen in Paraguay and neighbor countries, and is popular bird in Paraguay.
The plumage with the white belly and the red head and plumes is outstanding very much. This bird is seen even in town,
but unexpectedly nervous and often flied away when I approached it.
(Parque Guazu Metropolitano in Luque, Paraguay, 08:27, Jan. 2, 2016, D810)
今回は、近くでカメラを向けても飛び去らずに木の枝を動き回りいろんなポーズを見せてくれた。
This time, the bird did not fly away even I took photos of it at close point and showed me various poses.
(Parque Guazu Metropolitano in Luque, Paraguay, 08:28, Jan. 2, 2016, D810)
コウカンチョウは水平な小枝に止って私を見た。いかにも私のカメラのモデルになったようなポーズだ。
The cardinal perched on a horizontal twig and watched me. Indeed, it is the pose that the bird has became a model of my camera.
(Parque Guazu Metropolitano in Luque, Paraguay, 08:28, Jan. 2, 2016, D810)
なぜコウカンチョウが小枝を動き回っていたのだろう？コウカンチョウのこんな珍しい動作を見たのは3年間でも稀だ。
Why would the cardinal move around the twigs? It is rare in three year to have watched such a rare action of the cardinal.
(Parque Guazu Metropolitano in Luque, Paraguay, 08:29, Jan. 2, 2016, D810)